Mattress Nightmare, finally getting out of a pillowtop

[phoenix]

Hi eric0668,

(If that’s the case then what I thought was the better mattress (Gemma) (which I REALLY want to be the better mattress because it felt great, is an inch thicker) doesn’t appear to be because of its 1.5 lb to 2 lb layers, albeit it has more layers than the Sleep Comfort, which has 3 lb and 4lb layers. But then again, I recall that the differences in structure may balance that out. ANd the sleep comforts bottom layers it has “base layer foam” and the bottom is “HD base layer of foam” Now did I learn something if my question is “what kind of foam thought?”

What you need to know is the density of each layer in the mattress … not an “overall range”. Memory foam and polyfoam are made in a different density range so 2.5 lb polyfoam would be a high quality material while 2.5 lb memory foam would be a very low quality material. It’s important to know the density of every layer in the mattress.

You can see here that the Gemma has 3 layers (two polyfoa layers and a memory foam layer in the middle) so you would want to know the density of each one or at least the two thicker layers (it’s OK if there is a total of “about an inch or so” of unknown or lower quality foam in a mattress).

I did email a few places, just to keep one step OUT of the door of Sleepy’s etc, and said they were recommended on this forum, I am looking for a mattress, my budget is such and such and is it feasible to fit one of their memory foams in my budget.

Don’t forget that all the retailers or manufacturers on the lists in the forum are not “recommended”. In many cases they are just “possibilities” where some of the preliminary research has been done but you will still need to complete the research and make sure you know the specifics of all the materials in any mattress they sell and make some good comparisons. Some of them may have no idea that this forum even exists (although many will).

I would also suggest phone calls rather than emails because you can cover more ground in a 10 minute “interactive” phone call than you can in a week of back and forth emails and you can also read the “tone” of the conversation. Emails are only a good idea if they require a one sentence answer and there is no “it depends” in the answer (which is rarely the case with mattress questions).

May I ask, what type and brand of mattress do you have?

See post #4 here.

Phoenix